H’nej ir-Fethraie tr’Ruth’ven was not born of a great or even small notable house.
And what’s more, he was born with an eye condition that left him with substandard eyesight.
As a child born in the Romulan Star Empire, these combined to see as considered one of society’s lowest cast.
He was lucky to land a job as a janitor as a teenager just to keep he and his family from starving.
There were times he considered ending it all, but yet he perservered … for the sake of his family more than himself.
Then came the supernova that changed it all.
When Starfleet arrived to ferry Romulan refugees to safety before that wave of destruction … and before the synth uprising on Mars derailed all that … H’e’nej and his family were among those rescued and moved out of harm’s way as Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets did not see things the same way the Empire had.
They did not look down on young Henej but instead helped fabricate glasses with corrective lenses that would when worn counter the effects of his eye disease.
From that moment forward, the young Romulan saw things literally much more clearly.
His family safely relocated, H’nej made it his mission to serve in Starfleet to see if he could forge a future for himself as bright as the very stars themselves.